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Our Board

We started more 10 years ago with a big idea and a lot of heart. We resolved to increase educational opportunity for every person. That was a tremendous undertaking. So we first focused our efforts, then gained momentum, and eventually expanded our scope and our reach to become the national enterprise that we are today.

Sean M. Decatur became the 19th president of Kenyon College in 2013. Prior to that, he served as the dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Oberlin College. He was also a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Oberlin.

Tom Fry is a partner with Dietel Partners. Before that, he was the Managing Director of the Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, where he was responsible for identifying and supporting the Foundation’s entrepreneurs and cultivating and engaging...read more

Lillian Lowery, EdD, is the Vice President for PreK-12 Policy, Research and Practice with the The Education Trust. Dr. Lowery has served as Superintendent of the Maryland State Department of Education in...read more

Steven Minter was appointed Interim Vice President for University Advancement on May 1, 2010. He had been an Executive-In-Residence at Cleveland State University in September 2003, following his...read more

Judy Peppler is President and Chief Executive Officer of KnowledgeWorks, leading the social enterprise that is working in more than 30 states to improve the numbers of students who graduate ready for college or...read more

Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds is the Vice President of Policy for the Foundation for Excellence in Education, bringing almost three decades of policy and legislative experience at both the state and federal...read more

Although formally educated as a mechanical engineer and physicist, Victor C. Young has served as a teacher, foundation executive, consultant, advisor to a number of large-district superintendents, policy makers, corporate leaders and...read more

The vision of KnowledgeWorks is that every student experiences meaningful personalized learning that enables him or her to thrive in college, career and civic life.

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Our Mission

By delivering innovative education approaches and advancing aligned policies, KnowledgeWorks activates and develops the capacity of communities and educators to imagine, build and sustain vibrant learning ecosystems that allow each student to thrive.